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Canadians Launch
Advocacy Group
Montreal (JTA) — Some
Canadian legislators, rally-
ing to a cause swiftly moving
up the agenda of world
Jewry, have launched the
Parliamentary Group for
Syrian Jewry to advocate
freedom for the Jews of
Syria.
The group, formed Dec. 3
in Ottawa, is chaired by
Conservative MP Bill At-
tewell. John Fraser, speaker
of the federal House of
Commons, is honorary
chairman.
"Advocacy on behalf of
Syrian Jewry will become
much more public in Canada
with the formation of this
parliamentary group," said
Ottawa's Rabbi Reuven
Bulka, chairman of the Na-
tional Jews in Arab Lands
Committee of Canadian
Jewish Congress. A CJC
delegation was in Ottawa
last week to meet with the
group's founding executive
at the official launching.
The group intends to meet
with officials from the
Department of External Af-
fairs next week to discuss
the 'issue of Syrian Jewry.
Representation will also be
made to the Syrian ambas-
sador in Washington, who is
also accredited to Canada.
Svend Robinson, New
Democratic Party MP and
one of the group's vice
chairmen, said that he
would like to see a delega-
tion of MPs travel to Syria.
Mr. Robinson has in the past
been an outspoken critic of
Israel's settlement policy
and a supporter of Palestin-
ian national aspirations.
The group intends to laun-
ch a high-profile campaign
for Shabbat Zachor, the an-
nual day of commemoration
for Syrian Jews, which falls
this year on March 14.
As Soviet Jews reach
Israel in record numbers, the
plight of Syrian Jewry is re-
ceiving increasingly more
attention from Jewish and
other communities
worldwide.
Some 4,500 Jews in Syria
are effectively being held
hostage by the regime of
Syrian dictator Hafez al-
Assad. They are segregated
in ghettos and, in violation
of article 13 of the UN Uni-
versal Declaration of
Human Rights, are not
allowed to emigrate. Mail
from abroad is censored and
their telephone conversa-
tions are monitored.
The Syrian secret police,
many of whom are Palestin-
ian nationals fluent in Heb-
rew, keep a clandestine wat-
ch on the activities of the
community. Jews are occa-
sionally imprisoned without
trial or disclosed charges
and there have been in-
cidents of brutality, torture
and even murder against
community members.
Canadian Jewish Con-
gress, through its Jews in
Arab Lands Committee and
National Task Force for
Syrian Jews, has received
support from Secretary of
State for External Affairs
Barbara McDougall.
Canada's ambassador to
Syria, Martin Collacott, per-
sonally intervened last June
in the case of the Swed
brothers, Eli and Selim, ap-
pealing for clemency for the
men who had spent three
and a half years imprisoned
without charge and were
sentenced in May to an addi-
tional six and a half years in
jail.
Rabbi Bulka feels that
"with the help of a high pro-
file parliamentary com-
mittee, the issue will be
given more attention than
ever before."
El Al Flights
To Australia
Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israel's
national airline, El Al, will
begin regular flights to
Australia next year and
plans to operate a charter
service to the Far East for
tourists from Japan and
Korea, the company's presi-
dent, Rail Harley, announc-
ed last week.
The Australian service
represents a major expan-
sion of routes for the Israeli
carrier, which presently
serves Europe, North
America and South Africa.
Mr. Harley said negotia-
tions with the Australian
civil aviation authorities for
an air agreement have
begun and the service is ex-
pected to start in April.
Direct flights from Tel
Aviv to Melbourne will be
once weekly to begin with,
employing Boeing 757 jumbo
jets. The outward trip will
take 20 hours, with a refuel-
ing stop at the Seychelles
islands in the Indian Ocean.
Homeward will take 23
hours, with refueling at Per-
th, Western Australia.
Mr. Harley said negotia-
tions have also begun with
tourism officials in Japan
and Korea.